Chapter 310: The Value of Investment
Back in the room, Zhou Jingyu was already asleep.
The two of them tossed for too long last night, and they must be tired.
However, Zhang Bin's movement on the bed still woke her up.
"How's the cooperation going?" Zhou Jingyu shrank in Zhang Bin's arms and asked in a low voice.
"Fortunately, they want to work with me with some parts of the C series, but I want to be the engine, or at least the on-board system," Zhang said.
"The engine is unlikely, and the on-board system can be tried, but I'm afraid it's not so easy," Zhou Jingyu said.
"No matter, let's rest first, and we have to attend someone's Christmas party at night", Zhang Bin hugged Zhou Jingyu and soon fell asleep.
Zhang Bin slept soundly here, Bombardier headquarters, because of a suggestion from Zhang Bin, George. Stephen convened an emergency meeting to discuss the terms of cooperation proposed by Zhang Bin.
The airborne system first proposed by Zhang Bin was directly rejected by everyone, because although the airborne system is not as core as the engine, it is also a very important existence.
Airborne systems are divided into three main parts, communication systems, navigation systems, and aircraft control systems.
Rejection in George. Stephen's expectation, even he was the first time he heard such a suggestion was a refusal.
Because once you cooperate, it means the sharing of technology, which is not the so-called rotten street thing.
Immediately, George proposed that Zhang Bin inject capital into their railway company.
Others hesitated.
Bombardier urgently needs to expand its rail transportation services in China, which is a huge market, and as long as it can get a piece of it, it is also a lot of money.
But it's not easy to expand sales channels or win investment, and even though they already have a joint venture, they are now facing more and more problems.
Bombardier has been working with relevant domestic authorities in the last century, and then set up a company to specialize in services related to rail transportation equipment, mainly to introduce their technology, and Bombardier also wanted to expand its business, so the two parties reached a partnership.
The first few years were good, and Bombardier's rail transportation business expanded dramatically, quickly catching up with the aircraft manufacturing business.
However, in the past two years, with the growth of most of the domestic railway transportation-related enterprises, and the maturity of domestic railway technology, even surpassing Bombardier, their role seems to be so dispensable, so they are in an awkward position.
Although relying on the previous cooperation, they will still get a lot of orders, but the living space has been compressed, the profits have also been seriously compressed, and they urgently need more living space.
"He promised to bring in 50 billion RMB of railway investment for the company within three years," said George unhurriedly.
"Five tens of billions?"
"Impossible?"
"He just wants our cooperation, what capital does he have to say that?"
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and a sentence suddenly provoked a fierce counterattack from the participants.
"He promised that if he didn't reach $50 billion in three years, he would invest it himself," George continued.
"I want to ask, how much money does this Zhang have? Is he worth all the effort we put into working with him, and how much money can he invest in it? A high-level questioning fiercely.
George motioned to his assistant and began projecting some information.
It is mainly the valuation of some industries in China and the like.
"These are some of Zhang's assets in Huaxia, and they don't seem to be very valuable, maybe he is still very small compared to Bombardier, but please note that Zhang has a deep relationship with some of the families in Yanjing City, and even some deeper relationships," George said in a deep voice, "I think everyone understands how important relationships are in a place like Huaxia."
"But that doesn't make us say yes, it's not a trivial matter," said one of the executives hesitantly.
George nodded to the assistant, who played an audio clip.
"Stephen, long time no see, I didn't expect you to call me".
As soon as the voice came out, everyone understood that this was a short conversation between Stephen and someone.
"Do you mean Mr. Zhang Bin's strength? Do you mean money or what? I don't know how much money it is, but it seems like there's enough in my hands," says the person in the audio.
"Five hundred million dollars? No kidding, are you laughing at him? You know we're withholding some information from our clients, but what I can tell you is that he's worth far more than that."
The conversation was over, and everyone was thinking.
"This is the head of Goldman Sachs' investment bank in London. I've had some friendship with his father, and I know that Zhang has a considerable amount of money in his hands, which is dedicated to oil futures, and no one knows how much, but you heard, it's far more than half a billion dollars, and I think you should understand," George said.
"Let's vote in the end, I agree to this cooperation, agree to Zhang's capital injection, and hand over the airborne system to the new joint venture company to be responsible, if something really goes wrong in three years, I am willing to take the initiative to take responsibility", George said in a deep voice, he knows that these people are afraid of responsibility, since this is the case, then let yourself come.
If you want to make a profit, it is impossible without taking risks.
As long as it is passed here, there is basically no problem on the board of directors, because the shares of the headquarters and Zhang Bin together already account for a considerable proportion.
In addition, most of the directors on the board of directors are some capitalists, and their vision is naturally more vicious, and a high-quality partner like Zhang Bin is exactly what they are looking forward to, because this is conducive to them opening up the Chinese market faster.
The final result, naturally, passed.
However, this is only an intentional cooperation, and the specific cooperation method and cooperation details still need more face-to-face communication with Zhang Bin.
At six o'clock in the evening, Zhang Bin and Zhou Jingyu naturally dressed up and went to Bombardier headquarters to attend the Christmas party.
There are a lot more people tonight.
George took Zhang Bin and many directors to introduce it.
While everyone was curious about Zhang Bin, they also gave enough respect.
Here, it's simple to earn respect, as long as you're rich enough.
"Zhang, do you have time tomorrow? I think we can have a further discussion about working together during the day," George said, pulling Zhang Bin as he pulled him.
"Of course, there is time, you are welcome to come and disturb at any time", Zhang Bin said with a smile.
George went to get busy, and Zhang Bin took Zhou Jingyu and began to walk around.
The two of them had been the center of attention last night, and there were people who came up to say a few words everywhere they went, but tonight it was clear that they had been reduced to ordinary people, because the light of the great group of capitalists here had obscured them.